Sneak peek at new Air Canada Vancouver 2010 Boeing 777 livery

Thanks to a faithful reader, Shawn de Jong, for tipping me to the new Air Canada Boeing 777 jet decked out in the Vancouver 2010 livery.

A week or so ago, just before I went on holidays, I noted that I’d received a tip that Air Canada and the Vancouver Organizing Committee planned to unveil special Olympic livery painted on the side of the last Boeing 777 that Air Canada takes delivery for this year.

Air Canada, a Vanoc sponsor, confirmed that a special event will be held July 8 at YVR, Vancouver International Airport, where the newly-painted jet would be shown off to AC staff, spectators and others. But not wanting to wait for the day, and knowing that it’s difficult to hide an aircraft, especially a new one, I asked readers to alert me if anyone got snaps of the prize jet. I mused about whether Air Canada would give us a flying bobsled.

No, it turns out we get the trifecta of a ski jumper, sledge hockey player and snowboarder. A few days ago Shawn was cruising YouTube (no kidding!) and found this video compiled by someone who had access to a number of shots.

One of the best photos of the new livery was shot on June 21 by a dedicated photographer, Mike Head of Jet Wash Photos, who then posted it to jetphotos.net. He noted that the new Air Canada registration is C-FIVS and its serial number is 35784.

There is an entire world of amateur and professional photograpers who, like train-spotting, make a hobby of photographing and identifying the world’s aircraft. There’s even a fairly comprehensive website, jetphotos.net, where I am sure the latest crash photos get posted with a speed that approaches YouTube itself.

Others also took photos of the Olympic livery and someone else, in turn, compiled the YouTube video.

So there you have it. Amazing what gets out there. Remind me never to do anything bad for fear it ends up on YouTube before I get home from work.

We haven’t officially launched our Vancouver Sun Deep Snow 2010 pins yet, which will be given out to readers who send us tips and hot Olympic stories. But for this tip, Shawn and Mike will be a the top of the list. Thanks!

With all the sportsrnnng over each others schedules it is har to determine what is winter and wht is summer. Aussies ski on sand, Canucks golf on snow and yanks drink beer in winter. Until they sort it out I think the Olympics should be put on hold, it wold save millions that could be put to better use. The Alberta winter Olympics did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO SPARK CANADIANS ONTO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS, NOR WILL THE VACOUVER OLYMPICS.